A profile on Justin Lessler, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology
Dr. Justin Lessler is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology researching the dynamics and control of infectious disease, with particular interest in SARS-CoV-2, influenza, cholera and dengue. Dr. Lessler works on the development and application of statistics, dynamic models and novel study designs to better understand and control infectious disease. His goal is for holistic data to inform policy and decisions about the response to disease threats.
Dr. Lessler helped launch the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub, which brings together multiple groups that work on COVID-19 modeling to answer shared questions and interact with federal and local policy makers. By synergizing results from multiple models, the hub can offer robust projections of COVID-19 throughout the course of the epidemic under different scenarios at a six-month time scale.
